Re: MacOS plans to drop support for 32-bit applications

On 17 November 2017 at 02:56, Murph Sewall <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nikita et al —
>
> Apparently, all 64-bit permits more efficient parallel processing in
> multi-oore processors leading to faster overall performance in multitasking
> systems (or so I have read). In any case, Apple has made and announced the
> decision. If there isn’t a 64-bit version of Audacity in 10 months or so,
> then Audacity won’t be supported in MacOS 10.14.

Not quite what Apple said:
https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=06282017a
"macOS High Sierra will be the last macOS release to support 32-bit
apps without compromise."

The thing that is not clear, is what precisely they mean by "without
compromise".

Steve


>
> - Murph
>
> On Nov 16, 2017, at 9:09 AM, Nikita Sadkov <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Why dropping 32-bit? 64-bit code is slower, due to higher memory
> requirement. An array of addresses now takes two times the memory
> bandwidth.
>
> On 11/16/17, Murph Sewall <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Mac OS 10.12.6 Audacity 2.2.0
>
> Apple has announced that it will cease supporting 32-bit apps when it
> releases version 10.14 next year. I have been upgrading apps to 64-bit and
> will soon install OS 10.13 (High Sierra). Evidently, there is not yet a
> 64-bit version of Audacity for the MacOS. I assume that version 2.2.0 will
> continue to function in Mac OS 10.13, although some apparently do not. Is a
> 64-bit version in the works?
>
>
>
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